diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dd29a32..ea4b625 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -367,7 +367,8 @@
     include_directories(${COMPAT_POSIX_INCLUDES})
 
     find_package(pthreads REQUIRED)
-    target_link_libraries(yang PThreads4W::PThreads4W shlwapi.lib)
+    set(COMPAT_WIN_LIBRARIES PThreads4W::PThreads4W shlwapi.lib)
+    target_link_libraries(yang ${COMPAT_WIN_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 
 set_target_properties(yang PROPERTIES VERSION ${LIBYANG_SOVERSION_FULL} SOVERSION ${LIBYANG_SOVERSION})